John 12:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ [^LTherefore] Jesus answered, “Leave her alone. It was right for her to save this perfume for today, the day for me to be prepared for burial. ⁸ [^LFor] You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.”

The Plot Against Lazarus

⁹ A large crowd of ·people [^LJews] ·heard [learned; came to know] that Jesus was ·in Bethany [^Lthere]. So they went there to see not only Jesus but Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead.